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" We think you&amp;#039;ll all agree that James Arthur is one of the most talked about people in music-land right now. Not only has he nabbed a spot in The X Factor final alongside Jahmene Douglas and Christopher Maloney, but the general consensus is that he&amp;#039;s going to be a MASSIVE star in the very near future. However, this time last year James was in a very different place - and has revealed that things became so bad that he was diagnosed with depression.  &amp;quot;This time last year was the darkest point of my life,&amp;quot; he admitted. &amp;quot;I wanted to be making music and I wasn&amp;#039;t, so I cut myself off from everything and I was in a bad place. &amp;quot;I could see it all spiralling and I felt like I couldn&amp;#039;t go on like that. I was diagnosed with anxiety and depression. I was on and off medication, but I decided I didn&amp;#039;t want to go down that route. &amp;quot;The X Factor saved me. It&amp;#039;s helped me beat my demons and I know I&amp;#039;ll never let that happen again.&amp;quot; We&amp;#039;re glad to hear it Jimmy A. James is still struggling with self-confidence issues though - admitting that despite his recent success with the ladies, and the fact he has eyes we just want to get naked and swim around in - he really doesn&amp;#039;t think he&amp;#039;s attractive. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve always thought I&amp;#039;m pretty ugly,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s great because I get so many nice messages on Twitter, but I&amp;#039;ll get one bad comment saying I need my teeth sorted out and I can&amp;#039;t forget it.&amp;quot;  He added: &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve got enough insecurities to mean I&amp;#039;ll never get a big head. But I&amp;#039;m confident in my personality. I might not look like the happiest guy in the world, but I am. I just don&amp;#039;t smile because I&amp;#039;ve got sh*t teeth. &amp;quot;It sounds vain but I think I&amp;#039;ll get veneers so I can smile in potos. And I&amp;#039;ll get a washboard stomach and then I&amp;#039;ll be whipping my top off.&amp;quot; *AHEM* In the words of Mark Darcy to Bridget Jones - we like you just the way you are, James. What about you, Scapers? Watch this video of James and his fellow X Factor buddies reading cheesy lines from Twilight while you compose an answer.  \u00A0            brightcove.createExperiences(); James Arthur defends his new party lifestyle  X Factor&amp;#039;s James Arthur: &amp;#039;I&amp;#039;m a great lover&amp;#039;  The Real X Factor winners: Ella Henderson and James Arthur. NOT MALONEY. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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